venipuncture equipment
Most common method used for locating veins
What is a tourniquet?
The middle, muscular layer of the heart
What is the myocardium?
Most crucial part of venipuncture procedure
What is patient identification?
Criteria includes infants not walking or less than 12 months old
What are heelsticks?
Used to separate serum and plasma from formed elements
What is centrifugation?
The most common antiseptic used for venipuncture
What is 70% isopropyl alcohol?
The chambers that receive blood
What are the atria?
Draw site the requires a physician's permission
What are leg/foot veins?
The lancet depth if infant is full term
What is <2 mm?
Dividing specimens into smaller portions
What is aliquoting?
The diameter of the lumen of a needle
What is gauge?
The valve between the right atria and the right ventricle
What is the tricuspid valve?
Small non-raised red spots on the skin
What is petechiae?
Creates more tissue fluid
What is milking the finger?
Maintains control of specimen and accountability of specimen
What is the chain of custody?
Prevents or promotes change in a tube
What is an additive?
The heart is fully formed at this time
What is the 5th week gestation?
Complication caused by chemotherapy
What are occluded/sclerosed veins?
Gauze is used to remove this
What is the first drop of blood?
Most common non-blood specimen
What is urine?
Additive that prevents phagocytosis
What are immune response inhibitors?
Blood vessels composed of only tunica intima(interna)
What are capillaries?
Complication that may be caused by patient dehydration
What is hemoconcentration?
Rubbing the hands together may fix this problem
What are cold fingers?
Mucus ejected from from the trachea, bronchi, and lungs
What is sputum?